▲ 6 ▼ Taiwan recognizes Siraya as 17th Indigenous group | Taiwan News | Jul. 30, 2026 15:24 (www.taiwannews.com.tw) submitted 3 months ago by Octavio@piefed.social to c/taiwan@lemmy.world 3 comments fedilink hide all child comments This has been a long time coming. I'm happy to see this for the Siraya community. I hope the other indigenous groups seeking this recognition also get it.
[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago (2 children) Oh, who are the Siraya peoples, please..? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hasnep@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) Indigenous Taiwanese, from the area now called Tainan. From what I can tell the name Taiwan comes from the Sirayan language. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago Interesting. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hasnep@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) Indigenous Taiwanese, from the area now called Tainan. From what I can tell the name Taiwan comes from the Sirayan language. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago Interesting. permalink fedilink source parent
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